/*********************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2002 Andrew Khan
 * <p>
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * <p>
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * <p>
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ***************************************************************************/

package jxl.read.biff;

import jxl.CellType;
import jxl.biff.FormattingRecords;

/**
 * A blank cell.  Despite the fact that this cell has no contents, it
 * has formatting information applied to it
 */
public class BlankCell extends CellValue {
    /**
     * Constructs this object from the raw data
     *
     * @param t the raw data
     * @param fr the available formats
     * @param si the sheet
     */
    BlankCell(Record t, FormattingRecords fr, SheetImpl si) {
        super(t, fr, si);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the contents of this cell as an empty string
     *
     * @return the value formatted into a string
     */
    public String getContents() {
        return "";
    }

    /**
     * Accessor for the cell type
     *
     * @return the cell type
     */
    public CellType getType() {
        return CellType.EMPTY;
    }
}



